A video of a press conference with Gerry Brownlee announcing a CERA review which will change the zoning of 270 Port Hills properties. Brownlee announces that 247 properties will change from green zoned to red zoned and 33 properties will change from red zoned to green zoned. The properties that have been rezoned red have an unacceptable level of life risk from cliff collapse and the potential of debris inundation.
A slumped wooden boardwalk along New Brighton Road
Power has been removed at these properties on New Brighton Road.
A video about businesses in the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The Red Zone has now been renamed the Rebuild Zone. The video shows businesses which have remained untouched since the 22 February 2011 earthquake, including the Camelot Hotel and the i-SITE visitor centre in Cathedral Square, Subway on High Street, Jeans West on High Street, Time Zone on Colombo Street, Comics Compulsion on Manchester Street, Mortgage Solutions mortgage brokers on the corner of Hereford and Manchester Streets, Pocha Bar and Restaurant off Lichfield Street, and a fabric store on Lichfield Street.
Mounds of liquefaction at an abandoned property on Waireka Lane, Bexley.
Boarded up windows and graffiti on an abandoned house on New Brighton Road.
Over-grown weeds at an abandoned section on Waireka Lane, Bexley.
Liquefaction covers the driveway of these residential properties on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.
Liquefaction is still evident at this abandoned residential section on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.
Weeds are growing through cracks in the pavement outside abandoned properties on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.
The ground at this residential property on New Brighton Road is completely water-logged.
A photograph of a set of twenty paintings by Julia Holden. The paintings are of abandoned houses in the residential red zone.
A PDF copy of page 134 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The page documents the transitional project 'Red Zone'.
An aerial photograph of New Brighton Road, where the traffic has been diverted across the front yards of several red-zoned houses.
A photograph of the former site of Doug Sexton's house at 378 Oxford Terrace. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red.
Abandoned residential properties along New Brighton Road.
Workers undertake repairs to the Avondale Road bridge.
A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.
A photograph of the former site of a house at 466 Oxford Terrace. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow on the site.
A photograph of the former site of a house at 58 Bangor Street. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. The grass has begun to grow over the site.
A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The Locke's house was deconstructed after their land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.
A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Grass has grown over the site.
A photograph of the former site of the houses at 422, 424, and 426 Oxford Terrace. The houses were demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow over the sites.
A photograph of the former site of Doug Sexton's house at 378 Oxford Terrace. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow in the site.
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 4 June 2013 entitled, "Glum crepusculum and other twilight zones".
A cleared property on Seabreeze Close, Bexley.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 7 June 2013 entitled, "Red-zone Reductions".
A photograph of the driveway of the property at 99A Bexley Road, Bexley.
A video about the Police Special Tactics Group using an abandoned house in the Christchurch residential red zone to train. The video includes an interview with Inspector Steve Mather, Special Tactics Group Commander, about the training exercise.
A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. The house next door has also been demolished. Grass has grown over both sites.